does anyone have a sound slip of the art pipes paired with the f.i cbe?

Sound clips of that combination are guaranteed to happen, just give it a little more time.

how about art pipe + topspeed exhaust? LOL i doubt it :(

call up Atl370z on this forum. :p tell him to come out to z1 when i get all my stuff installed. maybe can throw top speed on my car after the ART just to get a sound bit.

(alot of work for just a sound bit)

Sure, why not? There will be a lot of ART pipes flooding the 370Z market. It is bound to eventually happen.

And when Motordyne exhaust will flood the 370Z market?

Did mine ship today? :D

Yes. A tracking number will be emailed to you in just a few.

Awesome. One bit of good news on a crappy day. :)

Woo. Tracking number! 13lb package, eh? So excluding packaging and box, each ART Pipe weighs about 6lbs? That's light. :)

OEM CATs weigh about 15lbs each.

So Tony = the man.

Got a few sets of these ART pipes in and installing today.

3 sets got installed. but had 4 happy customers (mine arent installed yet)

They produced 0 rasp on any of the cars. None of the cars sounded Tiny. They were just meaner, deaper, and a little louder. Nothing abnoxiously loud. Not even the car with the FI exhaust.

THe Pipes arrived in great shape, they were shiny and nice looking and went on smooth.

Armon! post up your thoughts!.

P.S quote from friend with FI exhaust and ART Pipes when i called him just a few ago "Cant wait till work is F*****g over so i can go drive again, its awesome" now i just cant wait for mine to get installed !

So far I'm liking the pipes in combination with the nismo exhaust. From a sound perspective, the exhaust is still very deep and rumbly, but just louder. The tone itself did not change much. Just what I wanted there. When revving, I notice a hissing sound coming from the pipes between about 3-5k rpms. It's NOT rasp, just a hiss. Not ideal, but better than rasp I suppose.

Car feels great now, though. It's a wonder I didn't get pulled over on the way home.

Oh, and [off topic] the ss clutch line is amazing. Clutch feels so much better.

Armonster,

What was your prior setup? Stock cats?

Yep, stock cats with nismo cat-back.

Armonster: How did the sound change and get louder exactly? Under wide open throttle? Or in general, even when driving around under light throttle? Let me know. I just want to make sure my Invidia stays as composed as it is now.

I was wondering the same ... these should sound great with my ARK's, as long as the tone doesn't change too much. I don't mind 'em a little louder.

At cold start up....Loud

Under 3K...sounds just like it was before.

Over 4K...loud, but not unbearable.

freeway driving...slight drone.

Are the Art pipes emissions passable? Got Md emissions testing just want to know and did'nt see any info on motordyne website.

I don't know about MD emission requirements but they probably are not compliant. The ART pipes are not CARB legal.

Tony: I am hearing a slight rattle from the pipes during a cold start, and also during deceleration from about 2750-->2000rpm when I am not touching the gas pedal. Do you have an opinion on whether this is an installation issue? Also, do you have an opinion on the hissing sound that I described earlier?


Arnold: The exhaust sounds very close to how it did before, just a touch louder under all circumstances. Think about talking to a person standing 2 feet away from you, and then taking a few steps back and continuing your conversation from 5 feet away. Your voice would get louder but still sound like "you." I definitely notice the increased volume at start up and under acceleration. Wide open throttle is obviously where the biggest volume change lies. When I turn on the cruise control on the highway, I barely hear anything (maybe because of the nismo exhaust) until I decide to zoom around some person going too slow in the left lane.

Then there is the hissing sound that the pipes make during acceleration from about 2.5k-5k rpm, which is sort of like an additional soundtrack layered on top of the normal exhaust note. I am still trying to figure out whether this is normal, though.

There is a stud that hangs down from the floor board that needs to be trimmed off. Its shown in the installation sheet. Make sure its not touching the pipe.

You will also find the sound changes to be slightly quieter once they break in. ~1K miles.

Armonster: Sadly that hissing sound is just a by-product of the VQ and is unavoidable with any open (non-catted) exhaust system. I just installed my ART Pipes last night (will post a full review shortly, once I get more seat time) and switched from test pipes and I can tell you that with my test pipes the hissing was MUCH louder and more pronounced. You should only really hear the hissing when you're revving and the RPM's are dropping, right? Or if you happen to be cruising near a wall you can sometimes hear the hissing sound since it's reflecting back at you off the wall.

I drive a 350Z HR and I will say that I am having some sort of issue with a rattle and vibration. I'm not sure if the two are related. I'm going to get under the car asap and see what's going on.. it definitely isn't normal.

yeah there is a bolt that sticks down, i believe driver side that needs to be trimmed. Hopefully Rob told you about it and/or gave you the instructions sheet when he delivered yours to you!

Yeah I thought that was only on G35's (and maybe 370Z's) but I will look into it asap.

All the 350 and 370 G's and Z's have that same heat shield stud that sticks down about an inch. Its on the driver side floor board. The stud excess length needs to be trimmed down or it may touch the sidebranch resonator.

Its easy to trim down. Its a metric M6 stud so its not thick. Dremel, bolt cutter, hack saw or even a heavy guage wire cutter will do it.

waiting... waiting... waiting for business hours in Cali lol. Need to talk to Tony!

We're in and ready to take you calls. :)

Nice talking to you Tony. Hopefully I can get these puppies on soon, they sound great!

Hey Tony, since the resonators are considerably longer and have a rounded end - will this have an effect on torque? If I'm not mistaken, theoretically, it should allow for area where torque peaks to be a little longer/wider?

I remember on the VQ35DE ART Pipes torque peaked very quick and then dropped off...I imagine with this redesign the jump in torque should hold longer and be smoother before dropping off?

That's exactly what it does.

Awesome!

Has anyone developed a rattle in the revised art pipes?? The original set I had developed rattles and I sent them back .. Tony took care of me . The new revised set I have had on for about a mnth now has developed a driver side rattle in the art pipe. It is so freakin annoying ...

Is it a rattle inside the pipe or is the pipe or resonator hitting your heatshield or car anywhere?

can you describe the rattle and when it happens?

Mine is making a noise too after a month. Sounds coming from the area of the art pipes. Sounds more of a fluttering noise. Hoping it's just something loose. Mine was a used set though.

I checked for all and any contact anything loose and the heat shield. The rattle is coming from the resonator. I was underneath the car and when you step on the gas it rattles loud. When the car idles it is very faint . The rattle is coming from the drivers side art pipe for now. My original art pipes welds failed. I waited for these and 1 mnth later here it is again ...

Are you installing your brace back after the ART Pipes go on? Exhausts are known to crack if you don't install the brace by the OEM Cats.

I talked to Tony about this and he said it is not necessary for the brace to be reinstalled.

So my SES light came on just now. Will take it to autozone to see if they can read it.

edit: so I guess it's illegal for autopart stores to read these codes now says the cashier.

The rattle is coming from the resonator.. It sounds like a failed weld and soothing came loose on the inside of the resonator.. Hopefully Tony can resolve this...

When I bought my used ART pipes, there were some black/gray materials rattling inside the pipes. I just thought it was some residue or something. Is this what you are referring to?